This story is from August 5, 2020

Street vendor's daughter-in-law cracks civils

Street vendor's daughter-in-law cracks civils
Mallavarapu Surya Teja (76th rank) and Kandela Pratima (757 rank).
AMARAVATI: Daughter of a small employee in agriculture market yard has cracked the civil services examination results of which were declared by the UPSC on Tuesday. Kandela Pratima of Mangalagiri town has secured 757 rank and expecting to get into Indian Police Service (IPS) or Indian Revenue Service (IRS). While Pratima’s father Israil had worked in the agriculture market yard, her father-in-law Raheem is a street vendor as runs a cool-drink shop in Mangalagiri town.
Pratima married her childhood friend Naheed.
Both Pratima and Nahed are working in different software firms in Hyderabad. Responding on the success of daughter-in-law, Raheem said that she had worked overtime to realise her dream of becoming civil servant. “It is not easy task. She worked hard to achieve the rank,” Raheem told media on Wednesday. It is Pratima’s second attempt which landed her in the coveted service. “I am excited to crack the top service. I am expecting either IPS or IRS,” said Pratima.
Both Pratima and Naheed hailed from BPL families and studied together till high school. While Pratima completed B.Tech from JNTU, Hyderabad, Nahed did his MBA. They got married with the support of the families. Mangalagiri legislator Alla Ramakrishna Reddy met Raheem and congratulated him on the success of his daughter-in-law. He spoke to Pratima and encouraged her to appear for civil services examinations once again to get into Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Meanwhile, locals of Pedaparimi village in Thullur mandal celebrated the success of their village boy Mallavarapu Suryateja, who secured 76th rank and most likely to get IAS. He is the topper from AP. Suryateja’s father Srinivasa Rao had passed away while working as assistant director in the Labour Bureau. Mother Sandhya Rani motivated him to crack the civil service. He worked in a top IT firm for four years and quit the job in 2018 for civil services preparation.
Another boy Gorijala Mohan Krishna from Guntur city had also cracked the civils with 283 rank. Mohan Krishna’s father Karuna Ramana Babu worked as manager in a private courier firm while his mother Bhavani retired as lecturer. Although, Mohan Krishna got offers from several MNCs after completing graduation from Mumbai IIT, he set his focus on civils and finally achieved his dream. He could clear the premier exam in his fourth attempt.
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